Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together over 400 experts and staff working across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. To enable progress at the pace and scale needed, we also engage with the economic, finance and governance systems that are key to enabling this change.
India Executive Team
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
Gagandeep Bajwa
Director – Human Resources, WRI India
Kavneet Kaur
Head – Development
Sonal Karia
Executive Director - Finance and Legal
India Executive Office Members
Himanshu Gaydhani
Research Associate – CEO's Office
Shounak Krishnanand
Director – Technology Products
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Energy
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Program Research Specialist - Energy for Equitable Development
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Program Manager – Energy
Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head – Clean Energy Supply
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Srishti Kochhar
Program Lead – Strategy and Program Management, Energy
Shivani Shah
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Yash Sharma
Program Research Analyst
Kajal Singh
Junior Program Research Analyst
Rushabh Soni
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Climate, Economics and Finance
Varun Agarwal
Program Research Lead
Aarushi Aggarwal
Senior Program Associate – Climate Finance
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Ashwini Hingne
Program Director – Climate Economics & Inclusive Transitions
Saurabh Kataria
Program Manager-Industrial Decarbonization - Climate, Economics and Finance
Tarandeep Kaur
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Climate Resilience Practice
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Human Resources
Mitali Dohroo
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Dolma Sharma
Senior Associate – Talent Acquisition
Anish Shetty
Junior Associate – HR Operations
Food, Land and Water
Prajakta Joshi
Senior Program Associate – Food Land and Water
Simranpreet Kaur
Program Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Operations
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Vishal Bhalerao
Senior Associate - Budget Analyst
Sarika Dicholkar
Senior Process Improvement Manager – Finance & Legal - Operations
Development
Amrut Chavan
Senior Associate – Facilities
Mandeep Kaur
Manager - Facilities & IT
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
